Preserve jar fastening



(No Model.)

B. B. BARD.

PRESERVE JAR FASTENING.

No. 323,101. Patented July 28, 1885.

WITNESSES:

N, PETERS. Photo-Lllhognphur, Whhinglan, n. u

UNITED STATES ATENT Fries.

PRESERVE-JAR FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,101, dated July 28,1885.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, REUBEN B. BARD,a citi zen of the United States,residing at \Villiamstown, in the county of Gloucester, State of NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Preserve JarFastenings, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lrepresentsaside elevation of a preserve-jar fastening embodying myinvention.

Fig. 2 represents a partial side elevation and partial vertical sectionthereof,the same being at a right angle to Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

My invention consists of a preserve-jar fastening formed of a neck-band,which is pro vided with lugs having inclined faces, and a yoke which issprung over said lugs, thus firmly holding the cover in position, thefastening having fewer parts and being inexpensive an d easily operated.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a preserve-jar, and B the coverthereof, both of wellknown form. On thetop of the cover B is a recess orgroove, G,whose bottom extends in a curved direction across the same andreceives ayoke, D,which is formed of steel orot-her suitable metal, andconsists of a right-lined or nearly right-lined top part, a, and sidelegs, I), the latter being bent toward each other and provided withslots c,for engagement with lugs E on the opposite sides of theneck-band F of thejar, the outer faces of said lugs being inclined.

When the cover is in position, the yoke is placed thereon in the grooveG,andits legs are cover, and is seated in the groove 0, whereby I it isprevented from lateral displacement.

In order to open the jar,the legs of the yoke are forced outwardly,whereby they clear the lugs E, and the yoke no longer controls thecover, whereby the latter may be raised or removed, as is evident.

I am aware that it is not new to employ a slotted yoke and lugs as afastening for preserve-jars, and such I do not broadly claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

- 1. A preserve-jar fastening consisting of a spring-yoke, D, havingslotted legs I), collars F, having lugs E, with inclined upper faces,and coverB, having recess 0, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. A preserve-jar fastening consisting of a cover having at top arecess,0, formed with a curved bottom, ayoke, D, formed of a rightlined toppart, a, and side legs, b,with slots 0, and the neck-band F, havinginclined lugs E, said parts being combined and operating substantiall yas and for the purpose set forth.

REUBEN B. BARD.

Witnesses:

J OHN A. WInDERsHEIM, A. 1?. GRANT.

